HOUSES
60 & 62 GLENLYON ROAD,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 2946
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The semi-detached houses, at 60-62 Glenlyon Road, Brunswick, built c.1910 for (and possibly by) contractor Amos Mitchell, are significant. Non-original alterations and addition and the front fences are not significant.
How is it significant?
The houses at 60-62 Glenlyon Road, Brunswick, are of representative significance to the City of Moreland.
Why is it significant?
They are significant as a further illustration of the transition in housing styles and forms that occurred during the early 1900s. Traces of the Victorian era remain through detailing such as the bracketed eaves decoration, and the symmetrical arrangement of the main elevation, while the steeply pitched roof with a projecting side gable, the treatment of the chimney and the bullnose form of the verandah and details such as the turned timber posts clearly show the transition to the Federation/Edwardian style. The houses are of note for the semi-detached form. While this was common throughout this period, it was predominantly used for singlefronted houses and double-fronted houses sharing a common boundary wall are virtually unknown. (Criterion D)
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HOUSES - Physical Description 1
Situated on the south side of the street, this is a pair of semi-detached timber Federation/Edwardian houses.
The houses are a mirror-image pair, attached by a masonry party wall with vermiculated detailing. Each has a steeply pitched almost pyramidal hipped roof clad in corrugated iron with a projecting side gable and have a centrally placed brick and roughcast render chimney with terracotta pots. The eaves feature paired brackets separated by diamonds and rectangles and the separate bullnose verandah runs across the facade and returns along the side elevation where it meets the projecting gable. The verandah is supported by turned timber posts and has a cast iron frieze. The main walls are clad in imitation Ashlar boards and the fenestration to the facade is symmetrical, with four tall double sash windows grouped in pairs. The front entrance of each house is placed to the side underneath the return verandah and has decorative timber surrounds with highlights and sidelights.
HOUSES - Physical Conditions
Fair
HOUSES - Integrity
Viewed from the street, the form of the pair is intact, with some alterations to the details. No. 62 is generally more intact that No. 60, apart from the overpainting of the chimney. Changes to No. 60 include replacement of the windows and front door (No. 62 retains its original timber door), and likely replacement of the cast iron frieze (the frieze to No. 62 may be original). Single-storey additions have been added to the rear of both houses but are nonintrusive. The picket fence of No. 60 is sympathetic, but not original.
Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - Moreland Heritage Gaps Study 2017
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2017
Grading: LocalMoreland - Moreland City Council: Local Heritage Places Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2004
Grading:Moreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1990
Grading: Local
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